War Room: The Hockey Podcast

We are back! We say that a lot. We know, but with the season starting it is time to refocus. To jump back in we overview some big talking points through the offseason so far. All in preparation for the beginning of the new year. We missed you. And hope you enjoy

This week became a discussion about the importance of goaltending and where Cup Contenders stand in terms of their goalie tandems. We are past the days of one goaltender leading the charge. Each team now needs a quality starting netminder and a quality backup or 1B goaltender that can take a 20+ game load off of the starter to provide quality depth for a long playoff run. Where do the contenders s...

This week is the first of, undoubtedly, many weeks of trade deadline preparation. Keep tuning in for more updates as we move forward. 

Official reviews, removal of the shootout?, Increasing Salary cap and more. As well as, a preview of the next episode of War Room where we preview the Trade Deadline. 

Happy New Year! 2024 is fixing to be one great year in the world of hockey. 2024 World Junior Tournament is underway. United States, Canada, and Sweden the three favorites. And we discuss franchises like the Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers, in regards to Organizational profitability, cohesion and the potential and nuance around Relocation and further expansion. 

Recorded prior to Christmas Eve and Christmas. Talk all things from coaching to teams and quality of play. Enjoy this new episode. We hope you had a great Christmas and will see you all soon! 

First episode in a while. Thank you for your patience. This week are the big headlines; Corey Perry, Craig Berube, and updated standings short of the half way mark of the season.  Shorter episode, but it feels good to be back!

This week we cover signings and injuries, Mike Babcock, and pipeline and forward group rankings. It is a very pieced together episode, I hope you enjoy it!   

Toronto Maple Leafs, 12 million over the cap,  Boston Bruins without a key piece, Tampa Bay, are they still Tampa Bay? This week is the Atlantic division preview. 

This week we step East and start with the Metropolitan division. Carolina through Washington.    Look for our final preview next week as we finish with the Atlantic Division.   

From Arizona through Winnipeg; The Central division is up this week. Where do we see each team finishing this coming season, and how has their offseason been so far? And do you agree?     

Starting in the Pacific and working our way East we will cover each division over the next few weeks, looking at their offseason up to this point and where we predict them finishing (in division) next season.  **Episodes usually are posted Tuesdays, though it varies on schedules. However given the 4th of July we are posting a bit early so that the content reaches everyone for the week.**

As this episode is uploaded, it is Free Agent Frenzy day. But the episode covers the update leading into free agency and the draft. 

This week after much anticipation and many frustrations we are able to provide our 'catch up' episode. All that we missed during our technical difficulties rolled into one. Vegas is your 2023 Stanley Cup champions, Arizona drama, changes in Toronto, upcoming offseason and much more. 

We are back. Been quite the year, but we are back to catch everyone up and fill you all in on all the goings on in the hockey world. 

This week is all about the introduction to the playoffs. We preview the playoff matchups and get everybody for the upcoming Stanley Cup run.    War Room: The Hockey Podcast - Facebook @warroomthehockeypodcast - Instagram Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iheartradio YouTube Subscribe, rate, review, share  

How important are emotions in the game? How important is it to control those emotions? This week we discuss all that centered around the Jay Beagle and Troy Terry incident. We also touch on the importance of home ice advantage.  War Room: The Hockey Podcast - Facebook @warroomthehockeypodcast - Instagram Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iheartradio YouTube Subscribe, rate, review, share! Spread...

The GM meetings have taken place. There is a lot to discuss including the hot topic of the LTIR loophole.  War Room: The Hockey Podcast - Facebook @warroomthehockeypodcast - Instagram Apple Podcasts  Spotify Amazon Music iheartradio YouTube Subscribe, rate, review, share  

We had fun with this one. We know it can be challenging sometimes to listen to strictly Zoom conversations but we make it work for our listeners and we hope that it works for you as well. The deadline is fast approaching and the buyers and sellers are starting to identify themselves.  War Room: The Hockey Podcast - Facebook @warroomthehockeypodcast - Instagram www.warroomhockey.com Apple Podcasts ...

This week we touch on the incident that occurred in the ECHL and after that we dive into the ins and outs of LTIR and how teams tend to use it to circumvent the salary cap. After finishing with that we finish with an update on league standings and how we see the season finishing in each conference.  Next week, look for us to dive into speculation and talk surrounding the upcoming trade deadline as...

We had fun with this one.  This week is all about standards. Standards put forth by the league. Standards we hold for the officials. The ability for the league and officials to uphold those standards in a fair and consistent manner.  We also touch base with the NCAA, BCHL, and WHL, as well as a few news and notes from around the world of hockey.  We can be found on social media so be sure to like...

We are officially at the halfway mark of the 2021-2022 NHL season. This week we give thoughts and prayers to the Balkind family, dive into the importance of proper development and fundamentals, and then we dive into the season and what surprises we have seen thus far. There is a lot of season left and the push for the playoffs, but first, the push to the trade deadline. Who are the buyers? Who are...

We are back to finish out 2021 with our 101st episode. And we close out 2021 with some uncomfortable things to talk about. We firmly believe that sports are an escape from the overwhelming negativity, divide and overall BS that is currently going on in the world. We firmly believe that it's a mistake for any podcaster, sports organization, actor, etc to carry on about things that they aren't exper...

It's our 100th episode! This is a big deal for us! This week our favorite goaltender is in studio and it is story time. Let's have some fun, especially after a couple heavy episodes. So, this week we share locker room and road trip stories and have a few good laughs.    Thank you to our listeners for sticking by us for 100 episodes! it has been a great journey and we look forward to the next 100! ...

This week we conclude the important discussion surrounding the issues coming out of Chicago. We put some time into this episode to come up with some thoughtful solutions rather than regurgitating the same solutions heard from everyone else or simply adding to or carrying on about the problems. We hope you enjoy this week and these past 2 episodes have created some thought and discussion for all th...